Running-gear for wagons



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet. 1. A. HAMPE. Running Gear for Wagons. No.231,562. Patented Aug. 24,1880.

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4 A HAMPE Running Gear for Wagons. No. 231,562. Patented Aug. 24,1880.

WiTNESSES:

INVENTO MW ATTORNEY LPErERs, FHOTKLLITHOGRAPNHL WASHINGTON. 0 a

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT HAMPE, OF STAUNTON, ILLINOIS.

RUNNING-GEAR FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,562, dated August24, 1880.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HAMPE, of Staunton, in the county of Macoupinand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Coupling-Poles for Spring-Wagons, of which the following is aspecification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a bottom view, Fig. 2a side view, and Fig. 3 a vertical transverse section on line as m, Fig.of a spring-wagon with my improved coupling-pole. Fig. 4 is a detailvertical longitudinal section of the coupling which connects the frontand rear part of the pole. Fig. 5 is a sectional side View of a wagonwith a modified form of coupling, and Fig. 6 is a vertical transversesection of the same online 51 y, Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improved coupling-pole for buggies andspring-wagons, which is specially adapted for the heavier class ofWagons used by farmers and others.

By the use of the improved coupling-pole the wagon is drawn by thehorses with less effort over rough and cut-up roads, is less liable toinjury and breakage, and more durable in every respect.

The invention consists of a coupling-pole made of two sections, whichare connected by acouplin g of suitable construction, so that eachpole-section has independent axial play. The body of the wagon isconnected to the coupling-pole by a hinged center rod and bracing sidestraps, while the front spring is capable of laterally-oscillatingmotion by being hinged either to the front head-block or to thewagonbody.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body of a spring-wagon, andB the couplingpole, which extends from the front head-block, G, to therear axle. The coupling-pole B is made of two parts or sections, ashorter front and a longer rear section. These sections are connected bya coupling, D, which is constructed in such a manner that eachpole-section has an independent axial play, so as to follow or yield tothe motions of the front and bind axles when they assume alaterally-inclined position in passing over rough parts of the roads.

The coupling D may be of any approved construction, it consisting,mainly, of a center pin which connects the end mountings of thepolesections, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6.

The hind end ofthe rear pole-section is firmly attached to the rear axleby side braces, a a, while the front section of the pole is rigidlyconnected by straps b b to the front head-block, O. The body A isconnected either to the front section of the pole B, as shown in Fig. 2,or to an intermediate portion of the coupling D, as shown in Fig. 5, bya center rod, E, which is hinged to the bottom of the wagon at d. Thelower end of the rod D passes through a hole of the front pole-sectionor of the coupling, and is further connected by leather or metal strapsE to the sides of the wagon. The elliptical front spring, F, is eitherhinged at its lower portion to a strap, d, of the front head-block,being rigidly secured byits top portion to a bolster at the under sideof the wagonbody, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, or the lower part of thespring E is rigidly affixed to the front head-block and hinged at itsupper part by an intermediate link, 0, to a strap, d, of the spring E,the link being pivoted at its opposite ends to fixed lugs e of thewagon-body. Either construction imparts a certain flexibility to thefront part of the wagon, so as to render it liable in a less degree toinjury by sudden jars or strains exerted thereon in passing over roughroads.

By the axial play of the pole-sections and the facility by which thefront spring follows the front axle both axles may assume alaterally-inclined position without affecting the load, as heretofore.The wagon is thereby less affected by rough roads, and at the same timeits rigid connection with the coupling-pole retained by the hingedcenter rod and connecting side straps.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination of a coupling-pole made in twosections, which are connected by a coupling, for admitting the axialmotion of the sections, with a hinged center rod and side 3. In aspring-wagon, the (.Ulllllllltllltm ot';

thebodyA. having fixed lugs 1", with the from spring, F, which ispivotally connected to the lugs by n hinged link and rigidly atfixed tot thet'rontl|end-hloek,tor the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presenee of two witnesses, this 23d day of April, 1830.

ALBERT IIAMPE.

\Vitnesses:

A. HIRNS, l 1:. A. Hoxsm.

